Automobile-lamp.



C. W. HARRIS.

' AUTOMOBILE LAMP. APPLICATION FILED NOV.15. 1909.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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.UNITED snaps-PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES XV. HARRIS, OF SALEMlCONNECTICUT.

AUTOMOBILE-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed November 15, 1909. Serial No. 528,249.

h I .431 concern:

B it know that l, CHARLES W. Haunts,

uty of .I lcw London and State or t onneetu-ut, hare invented ce tainnew and useful Improvements in AutomobilQIJfllllIl of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawing My invention relates to improvements in hi1 L andparticularly to improvements in lain} adapterl'for use upon roadvehicles,

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all; as automobiles; and an object of my relation is; to provide a lampwhich will be simple in construction, relatircly cheap in constructionand cllicient in use. other object of my invention is to provide a lampof the class described which may readily repaired 2nd cost of upkeep ofwhich will prove small.

In the drawings illustrating my invention and the best mode now known tome of applying that principle, Figure 1 is a side eleval'iomof my newlamp; Fig. 2 1s a plan, part of the cover being shown broken away toshow the interior; Fig. 3 is a section on the line A-A of Fig. 2; and51- is a detail of the number-plate. I

lit the top Land the bottom 6 there are formed parallel with and at ashort, distance from the frontcdge-oi' each a shallow groove andparallel with and at a short distance from the lateral edges oi each,shallow "tomes (Z, d. the grooves 0 there is hired a piece of e wliiehmay be uniYOlOlGtl; in the 'rooves a there is fitted a pane of glasswhich may be, tailored, as red and in the ooves d there is fitted a.third pane of gla g which may be colored, as bhie. A number phie it isformed of a, single sheet olf metal 1" other suitable mal in Xvi; h aretermed as by stampin; figures and letter indicating the ion or licensenumb r of the we in the crime portions oi this number- L it are cutshaped notches and are 'i'illlfletl the holes The lateral sections Zr ofthe plate 72- are bent at right angles to the middle section 111 and theedge por-' tions are bent at 3'lgl)l'-an;fles lo the main body-portionot the plate, to term lluilgtff-i. The numinim-plate thus bent is'iilaced. hes tween the cores or top and i ie holloni 7.: of the casing oithe lamp and is ctr-11rd in c 'itizen of linited States, residing at-.the top or cover andt-he bottom into the holes j. The back I. of thecasing of the lamp is formedwith grooves (Z in which engage the rearcdges of the lateral or side panes of colored glass f, g and which isformed with a centrally-disposed hole p through which projects thebase-plug end of a glow lamp 9. The cover a. and the bottom 7) are eachformed on its inner face with a recess 1* shaped to receive a part ofthe bulb of theglow lamp g and the latter is thus held in place firmly.Screwed upon the base plug end of the glowdamp q is a socket s which:arries the electric wires 1 which c0ndurt the current to and from theglow lamp. socket s and the base-plug of-the lamp r is shielded fromthe'eleinents (snow, rain, etc.)

by the walls '11 and lid '1) of a box-like compartnient 11' provided attheback of the casing". The lid '0 -arries the hump-sockets which ismounted in a central hole 1) free to be turned, so as to screw upon'thebaseplug of the lamp. x

The number-plate, being mounted at a distance from the panes of glass,is brought out into bold relief, when theglowdampq is lit: and thisnumber plate further serves as a screen to guard the panes of glass fromln'eakage. Should the panes of glass become broken. they are readilyreplaced by simply removing the cover. .Vhere uncolored glass is used,the number opposed to itwill preferably be painted or otherwise coloredblack; while opposite the colorcd glass panes the sections of thenumber-plate will be preferably painted white.

The conncction-between the lamp-.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

0, thereby producing a rigid structure but one. which'may, nevertheless,be readily disn'iantled for repair, inspection or adjustment.

I claim:

A lamp consisting of a casing: having top and bottom easing: members andtransparent sides fitted therein; an apertured plate tilted betweensaidtop and bottom casing m mbers and fastened thereto, thereby fasteningthe latter together, saidplate lying substantially parallel with saidsides; an illuminating device interposed between said casing nn'unhez's;a l ox-lil e extension which October, A. 111909, in the presence of thetwo 7 undersigned witnesses.

CHARLES W. HARRIS.

i.-. formed on one side of said casing and provided with a lid and inwhich the base end of said illuminating device is mounted;

and a socket device which is rotatably mounted in said lid and isarranged to en- Witnesses:

gage said. base end. GEO. E. BAOHELDER, Signed at said Salem this 29thday of VIVIAN R. 'ALLEN.

